Meditation, mindfulness, exercise, therapy, calling a sober friend, and thinking of consequences are all examples of this useful tool in recovery.
What is a coping skill?
100
SMART is a program that encourages members to develop and implement these two recovery skills
What is self-empowerment and self-reliance
100
Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.
What is Alcohol?
100
Each year in the United States, nearly 85,000 people die from this legal drug, making it the third leading preventable cause of death in our country.
What is alcohol?
(Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism).
100
To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.
What is assertiveness?
200
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and Gambler's Anonymous are all examples of programs with this type of format that can support you in recovery.
What are 12-Step Fellowships?
200
In being SMART about your recovery, you must acknowledge that you can only change the present and must put this behind you
What is the past
200
Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, and yawning.
What is an Opiate?
200
Abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs is costly to the United States, exacting this amount annually in costs related to crime, lost work productivity and healthcare.
What is 600 Billion?
200
This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.
What is Narcotics Anonymous?
300
One of these prescribed and federally regulated medications can help an opiate addicted individual start recovering from their addiction and structuring his or her life again.
What is Methadone, Suboxone, and Naltrexone.
300
SMART is an acronym that stands for this
Self-Management And Recovery Training
300
Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams and slowing of daily activity.
What is cocaine?
300
Statistically speaking, this holiday provides the highest rate of drunk driving arrests and accidents
What is Thanksgiving
300
This is the only requirement for an individual to meet in order to be a member of Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous.
What is possess the desire to stay sober
400
One of the most common, and effective, coping skill a person in early recovery can possess is identified as "a sequence of actions regularly followed".
What is a routine
400
In effort to change our outlook and perceptions regarding ourselves and other people around us. A person must "B" able to challenge these personal opinions
What are beliefs
400
Following a detox, a person in early recovery will continue to experience symptoms emotional/physical withdrawal known by this acronym
What is Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)
400
There are now more than 13,000 people in this population who are struggling with addiction.
Who are newborn babies?
400
Indiviudals in early recovery benefit from making honesty a priority and avoid doing this behavior where a person will withhold certain information to avoid being dishonest
What is omission
500
Psychologist Milton Erickson asked an alcohol user struggling with sobriety to contemplate this plant, which subsequently caused the alcohol user to gain and maintain his sobriety.
What is a cactus?
"could go for three years without water and not die"
500
This is a clinical condition where a person will not acknowledge their substance use as problematic in spite of overwhelming evidence
What is Denial
500
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.
What is caffeine
500
According to a 2008 study, this age group represents the highest percentage of admission to treatment programs
What is 20-30 years old (29.2%)
30-40 23 %
40-50 24.1 %
56-60 10.6 %
500
This AA Step requires members to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of your past